CVE-2024-45774 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-45774: Grub2: reader/jpeg: heap oob write during jpeg parsing

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Weakness CWE-787
Published February 18, 2025
Last update January 29, 2026

CVSS base score

6.7/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A flaw was found in grub2. A specially crafted JPEG file can cause the JPEG parser of grub2 to incorrectly check the bounds of its internal buffers, resulting in an out-of-bounds write. The possibility of overwriting sensitive information to bypass secure boot protections is not discarded.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 18, 2025 CVE published
January 29, 2026 Record updated